Holmes & Watson
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Holmes & Watson is a 2018 slapstick comedy film that parodies Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as the iconic detective duo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holmes & Watson canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5908370 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holmes & Watson Context triple: [Noah Jupe, notableWork, Holmes & Watson]
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A.
Holmes
Holmes is a consumer brand best known for its home comfort products such as fans, heaters, and air purifiers.
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B.
Holmes
Holmes is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures, including writers, jurists, and fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes.
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C.
Hugh Sherlock
Hugh Sherlock was a Jamaican clergyman, social worker, and poet best known for writing the lyrics of Jamaica’s national anthem.
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D.
Dr. Watson
Dr. Watson is the loyal friend, assistant, and biographer of Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories.
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E.
Baker Street Irregulars
The Baker Street Irregulars was the informal nickname for the British Special Operations Executive, a clandestine World War II organization responsible for espionage, sabotage, and supporting resistance movements in occupied Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Holmes & Watson Target entity description: Holmes & Watson is a 2018 slapstick comedy film that parodies Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as the iconic detective duo.
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A.
Holmes
Holmes is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures, including writers, jurists, and fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes.
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B.
Holmes
Holmes is a consumer brand best known for its home comfort products such as fans, heaters, and air purifiers.
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C.
Hugh Sherlock
Hugh Sherlock was a Jamaican clergyman, social worker, and poet best known for writing the lyrics of Jamaica’s national anthem.
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D.
Dr. Watson
Dr. Watson is the loyal friend, assistant, and biographer of Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories.
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E.
Baker Street Irregulars
The Baker Street Irregulars was the informal nickname for the British Special Operations Executive, a clandestine World War II organization responsible for espionage, sabotage, and supporting resistance movements in occupied Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
slapstick film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Oliver Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Etan Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Sony Pictures Releasing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Dean Zupancic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresOnScreenDuo | Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
parody ⓘ slapstick ⓘ |
| hasGenreElement |
buddy comedy
ⓘ
mystery parody ⓘ |
| hasPosterTagline | Holmies ⓘ |
| hasSetting | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dr. John Watson
NERFINISHED
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Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| musicBy | Mark Mothersbaugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | negative critical reception ⓘ |
| parodies | Sherlock Holmes stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise | Sherlock Holmes in film (parodies) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysFictionalCharacter |
Dr. John Watson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Adam McKay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jimmy Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Will Ferrell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Columbia Pictures
ⓘ
Gary Sanchez Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ Mosaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2018-12-25 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 90 ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| starring |
Hugh Laurie
NERFINISHED
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John C. Reilly NERFINISHED ⓘ Kelly Macdonald NERFINISHED ⓘ Lauren Lapkus NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Fiennes NERFINISHED ⓘ Rebecca Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Rob Brydon NERFINISHED ⓘ Will Ferrell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Etan Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Holmes & Watson Description of subject: Holmes & Watson is a 2018 slapstick comedy film that parodies Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as the iconic detective duo.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.